China's first operational aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong for the first time in a display of military might less than a week after a high-profile visit by president Xi Jinping. The Liaoning steamed into port with its escort of two guided missile destroyers and a missile frigate, dropping anchor at a naval base across from the skyscrapers of Hong Kong Island. (Reuters)

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Xi's trip marked 20 years since Hong Kong was handed back to China by Britain, and analysts said it left little doubt that Beijing viewed the city as a destabilising hotbed of unacceptable political dissent. (Reuters)